Join NASCA as a Program Lead and help shape the future at our brand-new Young Women’s Academy at Muswellbrook High School, NSW.

Allowances and Other Benefits:

Competitive Base salary + NFP salary packaging (package up to $15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefit (up to $2,650) + Remote Area Benefit for eligible staff (https://www.cbb.com.au/uploads/Brochure-Remote-Area-Benefit.pdf)

Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service

Growth and Development budget

Wellbeing assistance and tools to take care of your mental and physical wellbeing so you can do your best work

6 weeks paid parental leave (minimum tenure applies)

4 weeks of annual leave plus the potential of up to 21 additional days of AL

1 day of cultural or ceremonial leave per year

NASCA

Who we are:

NASCA is a 100% Indigenous governed and led organisation with 95% of program staff identifying as Indigenous.

Established in 1995 we have supported over 17,000 young people.

In 2023, we supported over 1,500 young people.

We work across New South Wales with 19 Young Women’s Academies, five Co-Ed Academies and in nine remote communities across the Northern Territory.

What we do:

We connect our young people to CULTURE, to build a sense of belonging, and increase self-esteem which leads to improved social and emotional well-being.

We support young people in their EDUCATION, mentoring and helping them to build pathways for future educational and employment opportunities.

We are by COMMUNITY, for Community. Our staff have the lived experience and shared cultural knowledge to provide the right support to the young people they work with.

NASCA Vision:

We empower Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people to:

Strengthen cultural pride and identity

Improve social and emotional well-being

Improve school attendance, performance and attainment

Develop specific career pathways and work ready skills

Build life-skills, personal development and long term resilience.

Program Lead Position Overview:

The objective of the Program Lead role is to work with students enrolled in the NASCA Academies to improve school attendance and ultimately school performance, develop career pathways and work-ready skills, and strengthen cultural pride and identity through life skills, personal development and long-term resilience.

Program Lead Key Responsibilities:

Deliver NASCA programs in schools including program planning, coordination and implementation.

Maintain meaningful relationships with students, community members and and the school.

Undertake, as required, daily bus pickups and drops off.

Mentor and support First Nation students aged between 12-18yrs, including facilitating and presenting workshops, and providing in-class tutoring and outside class assistance.

Provide NASCA Life Skills and School Engagement activities,eg. cooking, creative arts, leadership, CV creation, goal setting, job-ready skills.

Provide, as required, a healthy breakfast program to NASCA students.

Organise physical education activities that include Traditional Indigenous Games.

Organise after school and weekend activities and excursions.

Facilitate community activities, eg. fostering opportunities for cultural exchange between community, NASCA and school.

Create Personalised Learning Pathway Plans for NASCA students.

Works in a team within schools, and from time to time works weekends and overnight to run residential programs and camps.

Other duties as requested.

How to apply:
To be considered for this role, please follow all our steps below:

1. Resume: Include relevant work experience, contact details.

2. Respond to the Essential Criteria: To progress to a panel interview, you must respond to all essential criteria listed on page 7 of the job pack.
Make sure your responses:

Answer each question clearly

Stay within the specified word limit

Are saved as a separate PDF document.

3. Create an Employment Hero profile
Link to be found on our job pack

4. Upload your application
Log in to your Employment Her profile and upload both your:
- Resume (CV)
- Essential Criteria Responses

Job Pack Access
To download the full job pack, go to the NASCA website: https://nasca.org.au/careers and select the Young Women's Academy Program Lead - Muswellbrook, NSW position.